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Section 1 3 CHICAGO TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1969 NEWS Briefs STOIf HOURS: 1J0 AJM. 110 tM AUndey thra Sahwday WtpliMt MMtvw.t-01 0t -BY ROBERT DAVIS si 1 1 "7 1 'j: r'. iu Fire Damages Naperville School A fire of undetermined origin caused about $20,000 damage to a classroom in Naperville Central High school, Aurora avenue and West street, Naperville, early yesterday. Fire Chief Arnold Hodel said the fire started in a closet of a second floor classroom. Damage was confined to the closet, the classroom, and the ceilings of two other classrooms, About 30 firemen fought the blaze, he said.

Dr. Meyer Reelected to Post Pr. Karl A. Meyer, Chicago surgeon and the bead of County hospital for SO years, was reelected president of the board of trustees of the Chicago Foundlings home yesterday. He has served as head of the board for the last 13 years.

Other officers are Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman, first vice president; Paul Davidson, second vice president; Walter B. Forbes, secretary; and George S. Marty, treasurer.

State Road Construction Urged The Chicago Motor club asked Gov. Ogilvie yesterday to reject any attempt by President Nixon's administration to cut back on proposed road construction in Illinois. Gerald W. Cavanagh, motor club president, said that Nixon's recent order to cut back 75 per cent on federal construction does not, at the present time, apply to the federal aid for highways program. For that reason, he said, Ogilvie should work to speed up his road building program for Illinois.

Daley Sends Sympathies to Mexico Mayor Daley expressed the condolences of the mayor's office and of the citizens of Chicago yesterday to President 1 Gustave Diaz Ordas on the death of Adolfo Lopez Mateos, former president of Mexico. "It was our honor to have the privilege of receiving the then Mexican president as an official visitor," the mayor wrote. "His charming, friendly personality won for him the admiration of Chicagoans." If 8 Legal We Speak English Residents of Illinois can stop worrying about learning to speak "American," and revert back to English, because Gov. Ogilvie yesterday signed a bill making English the official language of the state. A state law passed in 1923 designated "American" as the official language of Illinois, but some legislators pointed out that there was no such language.

Barodontalgia Plagues Pilots Air line pilots have another worry in addition to airport stacking and crowded airways, George W. Wagner, chief of operations for the flight standards branch of the Federal Aviation administration, said yesterday. It is barodontalgia, he said, which is a condition that occurs when planes go higher than 5,000 feet. What happens, he said, is that air surrounding fillings in teeth expands, causing pain, and, in some cases, loosening fillings so much that they fall out. welcome Fall weekend items OUR FULLY FASHIONED SWEATERS exclusively for us in Scotland Here are two handsome warmers for the coming months our classic V-neck pullover of luxurious 2-ply cashmere in many attractive colors including natural, medi-i um grey, green lovat, blue mix, hunter green, navy, yellow, medium brown, pomegranate, blue, red or white and our crew neck Scottish wool pullover with cable stitch design, also fully fashioned with saddle shoulders.

It comes in light grey, straw, tan, green mix, brown, white or dusk blue. They, with our famous classic crew neck pullover in eighteen solid colorings, our turtle-necks, cardigans and others, make a most appealing selection for good looks and comfort. (left) Scottish Cashmere 7 -Neck Pullover, $36.50 (right) Shetland Wool Cable Stitch Pullover, $30 Shetland Crew Ned 18.50 Lamh's Wool V-Neck Pullover, 1 8.50 Shetland Cardigan, $28.50 5 TRiBUNE Staff Photo: By Walter Kale Red, White, and Blue Welcome. Lt. Patrick Donovan is greeted by his wife, Eileen, and infant son.

If marine Lt. Joseph Patrick Donovan was peering from his airplane window when it arrived at O'Hare International airport yesterday, he would have seen that a large part of the crowd of greeters was for him. Lt. Donovan, the son-in-law of Judge Thom of his return by dressing in red, white, and blue and waving welcome signs. When he stepped off the plane he kissed his wife, Eileen, his 7-month-old son, Patrick and shook hands with 11 in-laws who had come to greet him.

For his valor in Viet Nam, Lt. Donovan has been awarded the silver star, Purple Heart, and the navy flying cross, his wife said. as C. Donovan of Circuit court, had just spent 13 months as a helicopter pilot in Viet Nam and his in-laws celebrated the occasion Ex-Commie Aid's Ouster ISTABLISHED 1810 from Poverty War Askedi 'Phantom Rides the Rails NEW YORK They said it couldn't be done. But yesterday the Long Island raidroad pulled out all the stops and proved the skeptics wrong.

Since June 12 the trouble-plagued railroad had been trying to run a 7:55 a. m. commuter from Babylon, N. Y. to Brooklyn.

But each day equipment problems stopped us BY WILLIAM JONES Rep. Edward J. Derwinski 111. and the executive said Hughes. "Other than that, I would have no comment." "I am appalled," said Clorious Lay, executive direc director of a south suburban Pen's 74 E.

MADISON ST, NR. MICHIGAN AVE, CHICAGO, ILL. 60602 ATLANTA BOSTON LOS ANCELE8 NEW YORK PITTSBURGH SAN FRANCISCO WASHINGTON to Mrs. Loman's selection as treasurer. "At this point it looks to me like we nearly have a little communist cell in the county poverty program," said Derwinski.

Rumsfeld has ordered investigators from Washington to probe the disclosures. They arrived here yesterday. First Elected in 1966 The Rev. John Hilficker, pastor of the First Congregational Church in Evanston and president of the board, said Mrs. Loman is serving on ihe board of directors at the pleasure of the board.

Hilficker said Mrs. Loman was first elected to the board in 19G6 by a south suburban steering committee, but her last term expired July 1. Since SPECIAL PURCHASE poverty agency called yesterday for the ouster of a former Communist party activist as treasurer of the Cook County Office of Economic Opportunity, Inc. The demands followed disclosures Monday by The Tribune and 1 1 Government association that Mrs. Frances Loman, 56, of 1433 E.

15th East Chicago Heights, had been active in Communist party activities in New York. Mrs. Loman holds the No. 3 position on the CCOEO board of directors which administers more than 3 million dollars a year in suburban war on poverty funds. Director Refuses Comment Charles D.

Hughes executive director of the privately incorporated county agency, has refused to comment on the disclosure. "I was not aware of this," tor of the East Chicago Heights Community Service Center and a former aid to Gary's Mayor Richard Hatcher. "I can't possibly see how a person who has worked with those supporting the overthrow of our economic and political system can sit in such a sensitive position of authority in any federal program." Lay pointed out that Mrs. Loman is the only voice of the poor on the board of directors from his area. Asks Probe By Rumsfeld "When a thing like this is allowed to happen, there is something wrong," he said.

Derwinski said he has asked Donald Rumsfeld, director of the office of economic opportunity, to investigate both the financial a 1 i of the CCOEO and the events leading i Our imported coals Just landed from Italy; styled from the best then, Mrs. Loman has been permitted to remain on the board until a citizens group from Fast Chionco Heights can Krt fripmnrl tn nlnpf its rnnrflcon. I tative. I European designs I in fine wools for winter ivear. specially priced from $125 H45 Comparable Values from $175 to $200.

In Black, Red, Moss Green Beige, Taupe and Light IAP Wirephoto) The phantom train prepares to depart Babylon, N. for Brooklyn as the Long Island railroad resumes service. the run. Commuters, taking the delays in stride, dubbed the train "The Phantom." But yesterday, for the first time, "The Phantom" rode the rails complete with a black mask over its head car. The railroad marked the occasion with appropriate festivities as mini-skirted hostesses served coffee and doughnuts to commuters waiting in the station.

To make the debut complete, the train was even on time. "The Phantom's" run was coupled with the announcement that a full schedule of 660 trains would begin today for the first time since June 11, 1988. The 90,000 commuters were looking forward to no canceled trains and enough seats to go around for the first time in 15 months. Unhatched Chicks to Lose Privacy FORT COLLINS, Colo. The American Poultry and Hatchery federation has given a Colorado State university professor a $1,000 research grant to find out if fowl talk to each other before they come out of their shells.

Dr. Harry D. Muller said he believes they may have a primitive com-municatlon system that synchronizes hatching. He has observed that many game birds may lay a dozen or more eggs within a three-week period, but they all hatch within five or six hours. New Artificial Arm Developed NEW YORK Dino Bousso, 36, an Israeli engineer, yester-day introduced a new light-weight artificial arm that can be operated by electric impulses coming from muscle contraction.

Bousso, of the Technion, the Israeli Institute of Technology -in Haifa, called the new gas-powered artifical limb a marked advance in rehabilitation medicine because of its "weight, simplicity, and evenness of motion." Blue for sizes 6 to 16, each coat with extra buttons. Fmind rtn. Flnnr Turn 1 K. 1 3f u-2 POSEN DENTIST INDICTED arrested Polito Aug. 15 in his office at 7227 127th Palos Heights, allegedly in the act of raping a 24-year-old receptionist.

In addition to that case, the jury reportedly also named Polito in attacks May 21, June 17, and July 16 on three other women. Authorities said all the women cooperated in an investigation of the case. ii miehlgan at rondolph mlehlqon at rondolph A suburban dentist was indicated yesterday on charges of sexually assaulting four women patients, including his receptionist, after putting them to sleep with gas and knockout drops in his office. Dr. Nicholas A.

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